A federal judge has ordered the release of 50 people from jail since the end of July because the U.S. government wrongfully ...

The Flathead National Forest has signed a final decision authorizing the Granite Moccasin Project, a logging and ...

A couple of legislative sessions ago, I sponsored a bill to make it easier for independents to run for the county commission and state legislature. As part of my homework, I corresponded with elected ...

Recently I asked my college students where they get their news. This quick poll of about 40 students in my writing class at Flathead Valley Community College is an interesting snapshot of the general ...

The Flathead County Board of Adjustment on Tuesday night voted to table a conditional use permit vote for a gravel pit ...

Kalispell city councilors are hoping to use funds from the landmark settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. for a new indoor ...

Hyperpartisanship has poisoned our politics and society. Every disagreement becomes a war, and every neighbor who votes differently becomes an enemy. With ballots arriving in mailboxes this weekend, ...

An absentee ballot requirement that has resulted in thousands of Montana votes being thrown out since 2025 was ruled ...

Grizzly bears are doing fine. While the species is still listed as threatened in the Lower 48, we need to have a serious conversation about how to measure griz “recovery.” The Oct. 1 self-defense ...

Before the Flathead Valley is blanketed with snow, cyclists hoping to squeeze in one more autumn ride can head to the ...

These past few weeks have been scary enough for the living, what with the seemingly overnight barrage of ominous warnings about advanced artificial intelligence posing an existential threat to ...

A landowner in the Trego area shot and killed a radio-collared male grizzly bear the morning of Oct. 1 after encountering the ...